bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
please (give me); please (do for me)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to be found; to be discovered
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
difficult to eat; unpalatable